President Donald Trump insisted Egypt and Jordan will take in Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, dismissing the countries’ refusal to accept people from the war-shattered territory.

Prior to the bilateral meeting, the White House tried to put a humane spin on Trump's proposal, which critics and experts have likened to ethnic cleansing.

President Trump on Tuesday suggested Palestinians should be permanently relocated out of Gaza, questioning why they would want to return after swaths of the territory was reduced to rubble after